Public Safety Blotter: April 21April 5 At 2:21 a.m., a caller requested a welfare check on Shelikof Street. A man was taken into protective custody. At 3:09 a.m., a 911 caller reported an assault in the Willow Street and Center Avenue area. A man was arrested for a warrant, and another man was arrested on suspicion of assault in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, robbery in the first degree and two charges of theft in the second ...

Spinning a yarn tells their storyMost people don’t think about where their clothes come from, but members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, who re-enact medieval lifestyles, know it takes a lot of work to get from raw fibers to clothing. On Saturday, members of the local SCA group held a hands-on day for learning about arts and sciences of the medieval ages, including spinning wool into yarn. Sonia Clary, who has been spinning since she wa...

Borough manager to retire next yearThe Kodiak Island Borough manager is retiring from the position next year, and the borough is beginning the process to find another manager. Manager Bud Cassidy’s contract ends in mid-January 2016, but he has offered the assembly the option to extend the contract until the end of June 2016 to provide overlap with a new manager. The assembly disagreed on whether to have borough staff begin advertising for a manager...

Gold is insurance for currency collapsePART 5 Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment of the six-part “How safe is your money?” During the Cold War West Germany wisely stored its gold in the U.S., England and France fearing an invasion from the Soviet Union. In 2012 Germany asked for the repatriation of 300 tons out of 1,500 tons of gold held by the Federal Reserve. Two years later only 5 tons had been delivered. This minuscule amount that was eve...

Fish Factor: Longliners could snag on missing potsA mile-long string of 29 sablefish pots was lost last month in Prince William Sound after being run over by tugs towing barges at Knight Island Passage. “It appears that some tug boats passed back and forth across where the gear was set, and now we have no idea where it is,” said Maria Wessel, a groundfish biologist at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game office at Cordova. The pots are part of an ongoing taggin...

Kodiak blows past West ValleyBrandan Pickett entered Saturday’s contest against West Valley with only four innings pitched in his entire Kodiak baseball career. The senior surpassed that with a brilliant performance at a drizzly Baranof Field. Pickett twirled a one-hit shutout to power Kodiak to a 12-0 nonconference victory over West Valley. Kodiak swept the two-game series — Friday’s game was washed out because of wind and rain — and improve...

Barcelon, Thomet grab Pentathlon titles Who knew Levi Thomet could high jump? The nationally ranked distance runner showed his diversity on the track in claiming his second straight Invincible Pentathlon boys title on a blustery and rainy Friday at Joe Floyd Track and Field. His path to the crown started Wednesday when he cleared 5 feet in the high jump to finish second. “I had a lot of fun with that this year,” said Thomet in referencing the high jump....

Public Safety Blotter: April 20April 4 At 5:01 a.m., police gave a driver on Marine Way a driving advisement. At 9:17 a.m., a caller reported an annoying animal on Wilton White Way. The owner will stop the barking. At 11:09 a.m., a caller requested a subject removal on West Marine Way. They left when police asked. At 11:59 a.m., a caller reported an annoying animal on Rezanof Drive East. It was a second warning for a barking dog and the next ti...